Elections

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  Elections

  2021-09-29

  Kazakhs denounce fraud in Russian elections

  Russia's State Duma elections marked 'an obvious backslide from democracy and squeezing out of dissent', according to one observer.

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  Elections

  2021-09-14

  'A million prizes': Putin's party lures voters with money, incentives

  Twenty apartments! A hundred cars! Tens of thousands in gift certificates! These are just some of the prizes up for grabs for Russians. All they have to do is vote in an election many see as a farce.

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  Elections

  2021-09-01

  Putin gives cash to police, soldiers to bolster ruling party ahead of polls

  The popularity of Putin and his United Russia party has been plummeting amid a crackdown on the opposition and media, an economic crisis, and an extension of Putin's term limits.

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  Elections

  2021-07-21

  Leaked documents reveal Putin's plot to sway 2016 US election

  At a 2016 meeting, Vladimir Putin and other top Russian leaders hatched a plan to 'alter mass consciousness' among US voters, sow social chaos and weaken the American presidency.

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  Elections

  2021-01-11

  Japarov vows to fight corruption, bring transparency to government

  In just 3 months, Sadyr Japarov has risen from prisoner to president of Kyrgyzstan.

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  Elections

  2021-01-08

  Turbulent Kyrgyzstan braces for another election

  Voters in Kyrgyzstan will choose a new president and possibly a new system of government on January 10 as the country seeks to move on from an October political crisis.

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  Elections

  2020-11-13

  US to help fund upcoming elections in Kyrgyzstan

  The assistance will be used to back the Central Election Commission in administering parliamentary and presidential elections that follow democratic standards and Kyrgyz law.

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  Elections

  2020-10-22

  Russia, Iran caught trying to intimidate US voters ahead of key election

  Russia, Iran and China have a long history of social media disinformation efforts aimed at influencing US voters, US intelligence officials warn.

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  Elections

  2020-10-16

  Kyrgyzstan mulls December parliamentary elections in bid to end political unrest

  Speaking in parliament, Kyrgyz President Sooronbay Jeenbekov confirmed his resignation, and MPs applauded him as he left the room.

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  Elections

  2020-10-06

  Violence breaks out in Kyrgyzstan as elections cancelled on vote-buying allegations

  Accusations of pro-Russian parties' mass vote-buying campaigns spurred the move by Kyrgyzstan's Central Electoral Commission.